Hook and eye.



M; WHEELER EE. M. BATES.

' HooK AND EYE.

' PPLICATN FILED NOV. 4| 191:8.

. l ,1295 ,656., APzented lFeb. 25, 1919.1

@e2 er @1l/[Summa MARY WHEELER'AND EDITH MAY Earns, or Los ANGELES, canrronme;

i HOOK AND EYE.

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'- Specification of Letters Patent. Patglltdeb. 25, 1919.

Applieation ieenovember 4, 1ers. semina. 261,075.

engaged, will remain securely fastened so as to prevent the accidental separation of the garments.

The primary object of theinvention-is.

'to provide a novel means of securing. the hook and eye to the garment the said means including pins adapted to be threaded through the garment and the hook and eye and engaged with hooks carried by the latf ter to prevent the accidental removal of the pins, thereby securely holding the hook and eye in position upon the garment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear v*when the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a hook and eye constructed in accordance with the pres ent invention and shown attached to the fragmentary portion of a garment in engaged position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged central longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the hook member;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the eye member;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4:.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the hook member is indicated at A and the eye or hook engaging member is indicated at B.

Both the hook and eye member are preferably formed of a single strand of wire, the former being formed by bending the wire centrally to provide a hook 10, the side arms of which are coiled to form alined eyes 11 at one end of the hook member. The wire is then bent backward beneath the hook 10 to provide central arms 12, which extend rearward and are then brought forward and crossed beneath the said arms 12, which latter are formed into a hump 13 above the point of crossing. This hump is disposed directly beneath the hook 10 and forms ay loop to receive the eye as will be hereinafter apparent. r1`he wire is then bent laterally, extending outward. from each side of the closed end of the hook and coiled to provide corner eyes 14, which arealined with the eyes 11 previously mentioned. The wire is then extended to form side arms 15, which are parallel to the central arms 12. The arms 15 are formed intermediate `their ends with hooks 16, while .the extremities of the arms 15 are coiled tov provide additional corner eyes 17.

For the purpose of securing the hook member to a garmentg there is employed a fastening device in the form of headedpins 18, one of which is threaded through lthe eyes -at each end of the hook member and engaged in the garment. There is of course a pin at eac-h end of the hook member, the pin being passed through the alined eyes unt-il the head is brought in contact. The opposite end of ythe pin is then bent at a substantially right angle and engaged be neath the hooks 16, so that the hook member is held securely fastened to the garment.

The eye member is formed by bending a single piece of wire centrally to provide an eye 19 for the reception of lthe hook 10, the material being looped as shown to form alined eyes 20 at the inner end of the hook. The material or wire is then extended rearward and crossed, being twisted at the point of crossing as shown at 21, forming a central arm 22. The wire is then coiled to provide spaced alined corner eyes 23 and is then extended forward to form substantially parallel side arms 24. These arms like the arms 15 of the hook member are formed y intermediate their ends with in wardly extending hooks 25 while the arms terminate in eyes 26, which are alined with the eyes 20 previously described.

The eye member is secured 4to the garment in the same manner as previously described in connection with the hook member, that is by passing headed pins 18 through the alined eyes and through the material of the garment and bending thesaid pins for engagement with the hooks 25.

By the securing means herein shown and described the hook and eye are secured to the garment in a much shorter space of time and when once secured are held against accidental removal, the pins by means of' so that constantrefastening of the device such as 1s necessary when they are secured by sewing thread is obvfiated. :Byvthis se curing means they may be also easily removed when described for use nponanother garment.

`The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions Vand minor details of construction and the right is reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope ofthe appended. claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is l. In a hook and eye, the combination with a hook member and an eye 0r hook receiving member, 0f alined eyes formed upon each of said members and substantia-lly L-shaped fastening devices having one of their armsy threaded through said alined eyes and through the material to Which the hook and eye members are secured and their other arms in yielding engagement With said members.

2. In a hook and eye, the combination with a hook receiving member, of alined eyes Yloca-ted at each -end of said members, metallic fastening devices threaded through said alined eyes and through the material to which the hook and eye members are secured-and means carried by lthe latter for securing the ends of the fastening devices 'to preventtheir 'accidental removal.

3. ln a hook and eye, the combination with a hook receiving member, of alined eyes located at each end of said members, metallic fastening devices threaded through said alined eyes and through the material to which the hook and eye members are secured and additional hooks provided upon each side of the latter for receiving the ends of the fastening devices to prevent their accidental removal.

In testimony whereof We aix our signatures.

' MARY WHEELER.

EDITH MAY BATES.

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